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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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Guests:Bret Stephens & Dennis Kucinich
"Today in front of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a very strong speech, telling the world that Iran is engaged in a reign of terror. If he is re-elected on March 17th, he says Israel will take on Iran alone if it has to. All of this is especially vexing because the nuke negotiations are so complicated. The Israelis believe what John Kerry is suggesting is dangerous because it allows Iran to continue to hold nuclear capacity. Others dissent from that point of view. But give Benjamin Netanyahu credit. He says what he believes in a vivid way, while the Obama administration does not, staying far away from publicly debating the merits of what the USA is offering Iran. 58 Democrats boycotted the speech today and then hammered it after it was delivered; almost all of those who did not show up are far-left folks. Talking Points believes that Iran is a dangerous country that will likely violate any treaty the administration signs. But world order can be bolstered by talking with the mullahs rationally. Simply walking away from the table would be bad policy. President Obama should address the nation and the world and lay out what he believes is a fair deal. Let's see it so we can evaluate what's in play. Then Congress should vote yes or no. And if the Iranians don't agree to a fair deal that Congress endorses, then draconian sanctions should be immediately re-applied and villains like Putin who do not go along should be exposed. The world needs clarity. Netanyahu spelled out the danger very well. Now we need the most powerful man in the world, Barack Obama, to step up and persuade us his offer to Iran would stop the nuclear madness. We are waiting Mr. President."
Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens and former Congressman Dennis Kucinich opined on the Netanyahu speech and the Iran conundrum. "It was not only an eloquent speech," Stephens said, "but it was also a clever speech because it highlighted the deep weakness of the deal. This is a deal Iran can easily cheat on and, even if it doesn't cheat, it can get everything it wants after ten years." But Kucinich defended the Obama administration and urged continued negotiations. "The national intelligence estimate says that Iran stopped pursuing a nuclear bomb in 2003. We should keep the negotiations going and we should stop them from reprocessing plutonium. The Obama administration is taking the right direction." The Factor pointed out that Benjamin Netanyahu believes he is facing an existential threat: "He doesn't want a deal on Iran's nukes, he wants us to re-impose sanctions and strangle Iran's government. I believe that if Netanyahu is reelected he'll bomb Iran if President Obama continues to dawdle." |
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Guests:Monica Crowley & Kirsten Powers
The Factor pursued the Iran story with Monica Crowley and Kirsten Powers. "I would have boycotted the speech," Powers said, "because this was inappropriate. There's no need to sit and listen to Bibi Netanyahu try to blow up the Iran negotiations, which is essentially what he's doing. The talks are not completed and President Obama is trying to reach a deal." Crowley insisted that Netanyahu's visit was entirely appropriate. "The very survival of his country is at stake, and we don't have time for the niceties Kirsten is talking about. There is limited time to stop a bad deal, and nothing is going to stop Iran, which is an apocalyptic regime. I would have done an air strike on the nuclear facilities years ago." |
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Guest:Bret Baier
During her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton used a personal email account for all her official government correspondence, possibly violating the law. Fox News anchor Bret Baier elaborated on the breaking news. "This is about national security," he declared. "We had a sitting secretary of state using a non-secure, commercial email system that was set up the day she was sworn in. That's an issue, and this fits into the narrative that the Clintons think they are above the law and can do anything." But The Factor questioned whether the story will gain traction: "The Republicans will use this against Hillary Clinton, but right now I'm not sure whether the folks are going to care about this." |
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Guest:Melissa Francis
After Twitter deleted some hateful propaganda messages sent by ISIS, the terrorist savages threatened to kill Twitter's CEO and other employees. The Factor asked Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis to pick up the story from there. "The Twitter people can shut down or suspend an account," she reported, "and they have a number of reasons to do that. The ISIS folks are out there getting more support and inspiring people to do lone wolf attacks." The Factor surmised, "I bet the U.S. government is watching all this tweeting and isolating people who are crazy." |
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Guests:Kimberly Guilfoyle & Lis Wiehl
Legal analysts Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl scrutinized new reports regarding the IRS scandal and missing emails. "The headline for me," Wiehl said, "is that the IRS inspector general found 33,000 more emails that the IRS said had been deleted or lost. The inspector general found these in West Virginia!" Guilfoyle turned to General David Petraeus, who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor crime. "He worked out a plea agreement, pleading guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. This was information about covert operations, and it is very likely that he will get two years' probation and a $40,000 fine." |
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Guest:Ben Carson
Finally, The Factor welcomed Dr. Ben Carson, who entered the No Spin Zone to make an announcement sure to please his legion of admirers. "We are officially launching our exploratory committee," Carson pronounced. "That means we have put in motion the staffing and the mechanism to explore whether my running for president in 2016 is a viable thing. I've been running into thousands of people everywhere asking me to do this. We have tremendous popular support and we've raised a lot of money with $10, $15, and $20 donations." Carson insisted that his lack of political experience will not be a barrier to his presidential ambitions. "I think it's eminently possible. The American people are looking for someone who understands that the government should respond to the people, not the other way around, and someone who understands the Constitution. I believe that America is an exceptional nation." |
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Rich Kern, Louisville, KY: "President Obama's reaction to Netanyahu's speech is childish and self-centered. Do we have to experience another major disaster before he wakes up?"
Bill Speer, Boise, ID: "Bill, you and other Fox News people spend too much time bemoaning the mainstream media. You guys are the mainstream media."
Dr. Dave Menke, Tucson, AZ: "Bill, I've been taking quizzes on BillOReilly.com. As a physics professor, I thought I'd get them all right. I did not." |
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